Libraries throughout the ages
Everyone, even people who don’t use public libraries, have an understanding of what a public library is. They may not know the minutiae but...
Wait – this movie was a book?
It’s fairly common when you see a movie to notice the tagline – Based on the bestselling novel! But there are a lot of...
The gripe of a grammar geek
Over the years, I’ve written a couple of columns on the subject of grammar and the common mistakes made when it comes to writing....
The romance of reading
February is the month of love. Not just for libraries – though it is Library Lovers’ Month – but it’s also that time of...
Vital questions
It’s well known that libraries have evolved over the years; we’re not ‘just books’ now, but social and community hubs, with a wide range...
Tis the season to be reading
I’m pretty sure that the last time I blinked it was only January but here we are, another year almost at an end, and...
National Novel Writing Month
November is one of those months where not much happens. There’s no school holidays, Christmas panic has yet to kick in, and even the...
Tech Taster Pilot
For any parent who has recently looked into the WA school curriculum, you may have noticed something a little different to what we studied...
Battle of the Books – audio vs text
We’ve spoken before about ‘real’ books vs eBooks but there’s another highly volatile topic out there that sets reader against reader – is listening...
The history of fanfiction
When I speak to people about fanfiction, a lot of the time they dismiss it as being something that only angsty teenage girls read...
Behind the Shelves: The Mothership
In Western Australia, Public Libraries are run by Local Governments, with many small Shires only having the one library (like us in Chittering), and...
Keep talking wordy to me…
It’s been a while since I did a column about awesome words and I’m sure you’ve missed them as much as I have. If...
